this is very strange on both machines that i have just upgraded< 
keyboard and mouse input arevery strange (for instance, that was 
supposed to be a comma above). it is intermittent. caps lock comes on 
for no reason and does not show on the keyboard as caps lock. by 
hitting caps lock (and lighting the caps lock light) i get lower 
case -- but not for all characters. some keys do not register without 
going back and hitting them again. occasionally (until i turned off 
repeat), the space bar would go on spacing forever until i hit 
backspace. 

likewise, the mouse pointer sometimes works just fine but other times 
when i click it it selects everything from where i was to where it 
is, and there's no getting it to do otherwise.

i would think it's just a bad keyboard, but this is happening on two 
different machines in two different locations. the only change i can 
think of is the upgrade to 3.5.13.2.

have i misconfigured something?

tia for any advice less draconian than total reinstall!
-- 
dep

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